Think smaller.

Explore the relationship between nanometers, micrometers, and millimeters.

SCALE EXPLORER1 nm → 1 mm

Select a power of ten

1 nanometer1 millimeter

Units, without the guesswork

1 nanometer = 0.000000001 meter.
1,000 nanometers = 1 micrometer.
1,000,000 nanometers = 1 millimeter.

The slider moves in powers of ten. Each step multiplies the selected length by ten. The screen marker is illustrative and does not show actual physical size.

Nanotechnology commonly concerns dimensions of approximately 1–100 nm. Size alone does not determine a material’s behavior.

Read the NNCO scale guide ↗